Persistent poverty in Scotland 2010-2024
Estimates of the proportion of people living in persistent poverty in Scotland between 2010 and 2024.
7. More information
7.1 Further analysis
This year this publication and the accompanying “Poverty and income inequality” statistical release have been moved from data.gov.scot to the Scottish Government website. Users might notice some changes to how the publication looks, but the main trends are still included, and the full range of detailed information is still available to download in spreadsheets.
Previous persistent poverty reports, the headline poverty and income inequality statistics and additional poverty analysis are available on the Scottish Government poverty analysis website
We welcome feedback from our users to inform the content of the next publication.
Additional analysis themes are based on the needs of users. If you have any suggestions for future analysis please contact us.
7.2 UK Government websites
- Income dynamics publication (contains figures comparable with those found in this publication)
- Households Below Average Income, Department for Work and Pensions (methodology and UK estimates)
8. Official Statistics
These statistics are official statistics. Official statistics are statistics that are produced by crown bodies, those acting on behalf of crown bodies, or those specified in statutory orders, as defined in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.
Scottish Government statistics are regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR). OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.
8.1 Access source data
The data collected for this statistical bulletin cannot be made available by Scottish Government for further analysis, as the Scottish Government is not the data controller. However, the data controller (the University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research) are making the data available through the UK Data Service.
8.2 Crown Copyright
You may use or re-use this information (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence.